Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to launch his programme of pocket parks in towns and cities; and what budget he plans to allocate to that programme.

My officials are currently engaged with a number of interested parties, including colleagues in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in working up options as to the possible shape and scope of a pocket park programme. Budgets are yet to be determined.